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UCI: lawyer lips and knee socks

The organization which regulates most international sports competition in cycling has banned or limited a number of common practices now used in bicycle road races.

Happy Friday

Happy Friday, boys and girls. Stay tuned: I have photos of President Obama & his family riding bikes. For most of this summer I’ve biked the 22 mile distance to San Jose from my office in Menlo Park. I usually Caltrain to work in the morning, but yesterday I planned to bike in. Unfortunately, I read more »

Dan’s tips for cycling advocacy

I published this interview with Bicycle Colorado director Dan Grunig back in 2007. There have been some changes since then (Bicycle Colorado has grown, Thunderhead Alliance is now “The Alliance for Biking and Walking”) but Dan’s advice on getting involved with local advocacy still holds true. I intended this to be the start of a read more »

About those UCI rules

Happy Friday, all! The UCI’s application of the 3:1 ratio rules is on the agenda for the next issue of The Spokesmen cycling podcast that I’m recording tomorrow with David Bernstein, Carlton Reid, Donna Tocci and Tim Jackson. Oh, and we have a special guest: Bob Roll. Let’s see if we actually get to it read more »

Federal Safe Routes funding 80% distributed

More than 4,000 programs across the U.S. have received Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Federal funds to improve sidewalks, crosswalks, signage and other infrastructure in the vicinity of schools, as well as provide education programs to teach children and motorists about safe walking and bicycling, and encouraging walking and bicycling to school once the environment read more »